Fatalities after operation Cast Lead

The Fatalities' data can be shown either by the date of the event in which they were hurt, or by the date of their death. Since some of the fatalities died of their injuries days, weeks and sometimes months after they were hurt, choosing the view affects the distribution of data.

Two traffic police officers who were shot dead on 15 March 2009 near the moshav of Massu’a, in the Jordan Valley. The circumstances of their death have not yet been determined.

A Palestinian detainee who died on 15 June 2009 after four days in a PA’s General Intelligence detention facility. According to reports and photos that reached B’Tselem, the body bore extensive marks of serious trauma. The PA’s General Intelligence said he was killed when he leaped down from a high place in an attempted escape, and that the circumstances of his death are being investigated.

Eight Turkish citizens and one American citizen of Turkish origin who were killed on 31 May 2010 by Israeli security forces during a mission to gain control of a flotilla to Gaza, in international waters.

A soldier killed on 7 January 2011 when struck by a mortar shell soldiers fired at armed persons near the Gaza perimeter fence.

An Israeli civilian killed by gunfire in Jenin on 11 April 2011. The identity of the shooter and the reason for the shooting remain unknown.

An Israeli civilian, killed by being hit by a truck in Tel Aviv on 15 May 2011.

An Israeli soldier killed on 18 August 2011 by soldiers’ gunfire during exchange of gunfire with armed individuals near Eilat.

Six Israeli civilians and a member of the Israeli security forces who were shot to death on 18 August 2011 in an attack near Eilat. According to the IDF Spokesperson, eight of the attackers were also killed. Their identity is not yet known.

A Palestinian fisherman shot and wounded by soldiers on 28 September 2012 while fishing off the coast of Beit Lahiya, near the northern border of Gaza, died a few hours later in the hospital. A B'Tselem inquiry indicates a suspicion of negligence in the medical treatment provided to the man.

Five Palestinians who were killed during Operation Pillar of Defense in the Gaza Strip under circumstances that suggest they were hit by a Palestinian rocket. B’Tselem has been unable to verify this information.

A Palestinian killed on 14 January 2013 by gunfire approximately one kilometer from the perimeter fence around the Gaza Strip. The source of gunfire is unknown.

A Palestinian detainee who died on 23 February 2013 in Israel Prisons Service custody during a period when he was being interrogated by the Israel Security Agency (ISA). The circumstances of his death are still under investigation.

A Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem, who worked as a bus driver for the Israeli Egged bus company. Found hanged on 16 Nov. 2014 in the bus he drove. Circumstances of his death remain unclear.

A Border Police officer killed on 18 Nov. 2014 in a gun battle between police and Palestinians who attacked a synagogue in Har Nof, Jerusalem, killing four worshipers. The source of his gunshot wounds is not yet known. The two assailants were killed.

Palestinian minister who died on 10 Dec. 2014, after an altercation with security forces during a protest in Turmusaya. The circumstances surrounding his death remain controversial even after a postmortem attended by Palestinian and Israeli pathologists.

A Palestinian killed 22 Sept. 2015 when an object he was about to throw at soldiers exploded.

A 14-year-old Palestinian who died on 11 October 2015 in al-Birah during clashes with Israeli security forces after being hit by a blunt object and falling from a height of approximately two meters. B’Tselem’s investigation found that it is highly likely that the blunt object that hit the boy was a stone thrown by a Palestinian, but did not entirely rule out the object being a rubber-coated metal bullet.

A soldier killed by a Palestinian citizen of Israel in a shooting attack at the Beersheba Central Bus Station on 18 October 2015. The assailant, who was later killed by police gunfire, and a foreign national, who was mistakenly shot by a bus station security guard, was beaten by passersby and died several hours later.

An Israeli civilian killed on 21 October 2015 by shots fired by soldiers stationed as security guards in Jerusalem, after a confrontation with them.

An Israeli civilian killed on 23 Dec. 2015 near Damascus Gate, East Jerusalem, by Border Police gunfire when they shot at two Palestinians who had stabbed another Israeli civilian to death. The two assailants were killed.

Two Israeli civilians shot to death in a Tel Aviv pub and another Israeli civilian, a taxi cab driver, who was also shot dead by the shooter, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, as he fled - on 1 January 2016. A week later, the shooter was shot dead by police in ‘Ar’arah.

A reserves officer killed by soldiers’ gunfire at Gush Etzion Junction on 24 February 2016. The gunfire was aimed at a Palestinian who, according to a statement by the IDF Spokesperson, had tried to stab people waiting at a hitchhiking station, and was also hit and wounded by the gunfire.

ISA trooper shot and killed on 8 March 2016 near the Gaza perimeter fence, on its Israeli side, by another ISA trooper who mistakenly took him for a Palestinian suspect.

An Israeli civilian who died of heart failure during the attack in Tel Aviv on 8 June 2016, in which three Israeli civilians were shot and killed by two Palestinians.

Palestinian fisherman who drowned on 4 January 2017 after an Israeli navy boat collided with the fishing boat he was in, by the Beit Lahiya coast, near the northern border of the Gaza Strip.

A Palestinian citizen of Israel and an Israeli policeman were killed during a home demolition operation in Um al-Hiran in the Negev, southern Israel, on 18 January 2017. According to media reports, police fired at a resident’s car which was heading downhill. The car then hit two policemen: one was killed and the other sustained moderate injuries. When the car came to a halt, police again fired at the driver and then kept him from getting medical care for 20-30 minutes. He was pronounced dead later that day.

A Palestinian who was held in Palestinian Authority custody and died in hospital in Ramallah on 5 March 2017. According to the PA, he died two days after launching a hunger strike.

Palestinian citizen of Israel , shot to death by the civilian security guard of the Kafr Qasem police station during clashes between residents and police officers, in which a police cruiser was torched. According to media reports, Taha had approached the police station. He died of his wounds later that day.

Two Israeli police officers fatally shot by three Palestinian citizens of Israel inside the al-Aqsa compound and at one of its entrances, and the three gunmen, who were fatally shot by police inside the compound on 14 July 2017. According to media reports, another police officer sustained mild gunshot wounds.

Palestinian killed in Abu Dis on 22 July 2017 when an object he was about to throw at security forces exploded.

Palestinian detainee who died on 14 September 2017 at a police station in Gaza

An Israeli soldier who was stabbed to death on 30 November 2017 by a Palestinian with Israeli citizenship while waiting at a bus stop in the city of Arad.

A Palestinian with heart trouble who sustained minor hand injuries from shrapnel when a base of the Hamas military branch was bombed in Beit Lahiya on 8 Dec. 2017, and then died in the hospital to which he was evacuated after some 30 minutes of CPR.

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